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bicycle wrench

bicycle wrench noun: any wrench meant for or considered to be mainly for the purpose of repairing bicycles.

Noun

bicycle wrench (plural bicycle wrenches)

  1. (dated, chiefly 1880s-1920s) Any wrench meant for or considered to be mainly for the purpose of repairing bicycles.
  2. (dated, chiefly 1900s-1920s) Any small and handy wrench as might be well suited for repairing bicycles, but not limited to bicycle use.
    • With the boom in the bicycle business [1890s] there came an excellent opportunity for wrench makers, and the large number of "bicycle" wrenches that have survived [1914] make plain how well the opportunity was embraced. Obviously, these bicycle wrenches are quite as useful around an automobile as...1914 January 15, [Editors], “Usefulness of bicycle wrenches”, in Motor World, volume 38, number 4, page 34

Forms of bicycle wrench

pluralbicycle wrenches

Questions about bicycle wrench

What does bicycle wrench mean?
Bicycle wrench means any wrench meant for or considered to be mainly for the purpose of repairing bicycles.
What part of speech is bicycle wrench?
Bicycle wrench is a noun.
What is the plural of bicycle wrench?
The plural of bicycle wrench is bicycle wrenches.

Words near bicycle wrench in the dictionary

  1. bicycle stands
  2. bicycle tire
  3. bicycle tires
  4. bicycle touring
  5. bicycle tourist
  6. bicycle wrench
  7. bicycle wrenches
  8. bicycleability
  9. bicycleable
  10. bicycled
  11. bicycleless

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